Major economic reforms are unlikely to happen before the next Parliamentary elections in 2014. As per Chief Economic Advisor, Kaushik Basu there is a slowdown in decision making. The unearthing of a series of corruption and scams is having its impact on the psyche of the bureaucracy, who is currently not willing to take risks.
Also a coalition government, the ongoing battle against inflation, slackening of the global economy and drop in agricultural production have slowed the reform process. However, reforms are expected to pick up after 2015 when the new government comes to power. The new government, if in majority, would start with the reforms in a big way because there is a sense that they need to pick up urgently.
Post 2014 a rush of important reforms would come and after 2015 it is expected that India would be one of the fastest growing economies of the world. Opening up of the retail sector has been identified as a major reform.
Basu, who is accompanying Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to the IMF- World Bank meet, has made these observations while addressing the concerns expressed by the US corporate on some recent decisions of the Indian government and its reluctance to initiate the series of next phase of reforms.
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